![]() Zaffino's art is impressive for the bulk of the issue, with deeply textured work and a handsome usage of shading and crosshatching. Ellis is known for coming up with crazy concepts, but this reads more like a parody of Ellis' comics it feels like a very deliberate attempt to just be strange without any interesting idea to back it up. As the two characters try to out-maneuver one another, readers will want to strangle them, and there's no positive hook to make the reader want to see more. Ellis gives the issue the impression that the story is strange for the sake of being strange, with flowery and self-important dialogue in the characters' talk of zen gunnery and yearning for supernatural intercessors. The biggest problem with "Karnak" #2 is not the splitting of the artistic duties between Zaffino and Fuso, as one might have expected it's in Ellis's script for the issue. Regardless, Warren Ellis, Gerardo Zaffino and Antonio Fuso's "Karnak" #2 feels a little too in love with itself and more than a bit over the top. ![]() The idea of Karnak, the Inhuman who senses the weak spots in all things, is a strange and crazy one that could attract some different storytelling tactics. ![]()
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